When, after giving birth, a woman observes the appearance of secretions with an unpleasant odor, it is necessary to be alert, since in most such cases this is a sign of a violation. Let's consider this situation in more detail.
What should normally be the allocation after childbirth?
As already mentioned above, the lochia is always painted in a bright red color. In some cases, women can mark in them the presence of particles of dead epithelium, - blood clots. At the same time, there is no foreign smell in the discharge after childbirth.
Because of what, after discharge, there are discharge with an unpleasant odor?
As a rule, this phenomenon serves as a kind of signal and warns a woman about the possible onset of an inflammatory process in the uterus itself.
In most cases, postpartum discharge with an unpleasant odor is characteristic of a disorder such as endometritis. It is with him that the color itself changes. At such disease after a while after sorts mum marks occurrence of yellow vydeleny with an unpleasant smell. At the same time, there is often an increase in body temperature, there is a chill.
Brown discharge with a smell 1-2 weeks after birth can talk about such a violation as stagnation of lochia, or insufficient outward exposure. It often happens that a blood clot closes the outflow of secretions. In this situation, a woman is prescribed a curettage. Also, for stimulation of contraction of uterine myometrium, Oxytocin is attributed, which is administered intravenously.
What else can be the cause of discharge with a smell in the postpartum period?
Thus, it can be said that there are a lot of reasons for the appearance of secretions with an unpleasant odor after the birth of a child. The task of physicians is to accurately determine the one that caused the violation in a particular case.